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...unsettling to hear that the Karbala case has stalled because pursuing those behind the attack may undo progress. As a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, I found it disheartening to read about the loss of these five fine soldiers. If we agree that the situation in Iraqi villages is too dangerous for diplomats and that Army officers serving as diplomats are not properly trained, we need to come up with a better solution. With modern communications equipment, an Army officer in the field should be able to serve as the "face person" for a diplomat in a secure camp...
...building contract, even if signed, will be a work in progress until the construction itself is completed...
...astonishing 90% of the Everglades' wading bird population, for example, had disappeared. Last February, the park's experts laid out benchmarks for Everglades improvement - "which when met," the report says, "would facilitate the removal" of the park from the U.N. list. The report made it clear that while progress was being made in areas like correcting the Everglades' water flow and reducing pollutants, more was needed. The World Heritage Committee's scientific advisory group reached the same conclusion, and it recommended the Everglades be kept on the list...
...meeting in New Zealand this summer, Deputy Assistant Interior Secretary Todd Willens urged the World Heritage Committee to remove Everglades National Park from the list. Enough progress had been made on Everglades restoration, Willens argued, even if the experts' benchmarks hadn't been met. The World Heritage Committee, which tries to respect the recommendations of a site's host country, went along. Kempthorne issued a statement saying he was "gratified" that the U.N. had "recognized the major commitment the U.S. has made to restoring one of our nation's and the world's greatest natural treasures...
...after reviewing the discrepancies between the scientists and Interior, Nelson and a host of Everglades watchdog groups are crying foul. Nelson, who is calling for Willens to be fired, even plans to convene a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee that he chairs. Progress, he argues, hasn't been sufficient. The Everglades restoration project is still less than half finished and is still threatened by pressure from Florida developers; what's more, because of what critics call funding delays by the Administration and congressional Republicans, it is now years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget. "The federal...